27. Uthe ke akufika apho entabeni kumfo wakwaThixo wasuka wambamba ezinyaweni. Ke yena uGehazi wafuna ukumtyhiliza, kodwa ke umfo wakwaThixo wathi: “Hayi, myeke! Usengxakini ebuhlungu, kambe uNdikhoyo undifihlele, akandixelela ukuba kungenxa yantoni na.”
28. Umfazi lowo wathi: “Ngaba ndakha ndamcela na umntwana kuwe, nkosi yam? Ndandingatshongo na ukuthi: ‘Musa ukundinika ilize lethemba’?”
29. UElisha wabhekisa kuGehazi wathi: “Finyeza uxhabashe! Thatha induku yam, uhambe ngokukhawuleza, ubaleke. Umntu odibana naye ngendlela uze ungambulisi, nawe xa umntu ekubulisa, uze ungachithi ixesha ngempilo. Le nduku yam uze uyibeke phezu kobuso benkwenkwe leyo.”
30. Kodwa ke unina womntwana wathi: “Ekho nje uNdikhoyo, ukho nje nawe, andiyi kuhamba ngaphandle kwakho.” Ngoko ke waphakama uElisha wamlandela.
31. Ke kaloku uGehazi wabakhokela, wafika wabeka induku leyo phezu kobuso benkwenkwe, kodwa ke kwathi cwaka akwabikho kusabela. Ke uGehazi wajika wahlangabeza uElisha wamxelela esithi: “Laa nkwenkwe ayivuki tu.”
32. Ekufikeni kwakhe ke uElisha kwelo khaya, wafumana inkwenkwe leyo isemandlalweni wakhe, iseliswelekile.
33. Akufika ke wangena apho egumbini, waza waluvala ucango, basala bobabini, waza ke wathandaza uNdikhoyo.
34. Ngoko ke wazolula apho phezu kwaloo nkwenkwe, yangumlomo emlonyeni, neliso elisweni, nezandla ezandleni. Kuthe ke kusenjalo, suka waya ufudumala ngokufudumala umzimba wenkwenkwe leyo.
35. UElisha ke wakhe wayishiya, wahamba-hamba apho endlwini, waza ke waphinda wabuya wazolula apho phezu kwenkwenkwana. Ke inkwenkwe leyo yathimla kasixhenxe, yaza ke yawavula amehlo ayo.
36. UElisha wayalela uGehazi wathi: “Khawubize umShunemikazi lowo!” Wambiza ke, kwathi akuba efikile wathi: “Thatha, nanko unyana wakho!”
37. Wangena ke, wavova, waguqa emhlabeni. Waza ke wasuka wamthatha unyana wakhe lowo, waphuma.
38. Ke uElisha wabuyela eGiligali. Ngelo thuba kwakukho imbalela kuloo ngingqi. Ke kaloku iqela labashumayeli lalihleli phambi kwakhe, waza wathi kwihlakani lakhe: “Thatha imbiza enkulu, uphekele aba bashumayeli isityu.”